Affymetrix Launches Publication for Microarray Research

Affymetrix Inc. has announced the launch of the Affymetrix UserForum, an online magazine featuring weekly updates on technology, analyses, services, and training.

The magazine is designed to help scientists perform fast GeneChip^® microarray experiments.

The UserForum provides an interactive community where Affymetrix customers can learn about new products and services, explore emerging applications, and share research challenges and success stories.

The website offers feature articles, video interviews, and live web talks with interactive question-and-answer sessions.

Topics covered include software tools, third-party providers, and collaboration updates, such as the 500K Control Program.

"Affymetrix microarray users will learn about the very latest tools and applications that can help them plan and perform their GeneChip-based research in the lab," said Bronwyn Barnett, managing editor of UserForum.

"The UserForum focuses on the whole product solution from the initial study design to the final data analysis."

"The content will help accelerate discovery by enabling customers to quickly select the right tools and services for the job."

Current UserForum articles and video interviews include:

Collaboration to Create Control Cohort Databases for Affymetrix 500K Human Mapping Array Set

Affymetrix is collaborating with researchers at the National Genome Research Network in Germany, GlaxoSmithKline, Erasmus MC, the Karolinska Institute, and others to create a new publicly available control cohort database for the Affymetrix 100K and 500K Human Mapping Array sets.

To watch this UserForum video, please visit: www.affymetrix.com/userforum/news/collaborations/schreiber.uf

The Broad Institute's Mark Daly Discusses the Haploview Software Tool for Association Studies

Mark Daly, Ph.D., and his team at the Broad Institute have developed a new software program, called Haploview, for analyzing linkage disequilibrium and haplotype patterns in genotype data sets comprising up to tens of thousands of SNPs in thousands of individuals.

To watch this UserForum video, please visit: www.affymetrix.com/userforum/analysis/statistics/daly1.uf

Duke and Affymetrix Sign Five-Year Translational Medicine Agreement

Duke's Joe Nevins and Geoff Ginsburg outline their formula for translational medicine success.

To read this UserForum article, please visit: www.affymetrix.com/userforum/news/collaborations/duke.uf